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September 29, 2021
Dr. Debbie Levine, Department of Medicine, is quoted in this story and explained that lung transplants have a higher rejection rate than any other organ. Watch story
September 10, 2021
Dr. Marcos Restrepo, Pulmonary Diseases, explains new research about a novel concept called “immunologic resilience,” to accurately predict which COVID-19 patients will advance to severe disease and which will not. Watch story
September 9, 2021
Dr. Grace Lee, Sam and Ann Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies, and Dr. Marcos Restrepo, Pulmonary Diseases, were interviewed about their study of immunologic resilience measured in 522 patients with COVID-19 at Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital in San Antonio, a hospital of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Watch story
August 31, 2021
Alvaro Moreira, MD, MSc, neonatologist and assistant professor of pediatrics at UT Health San Antonio’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, received a $652,000 mentored career development grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Dr. Moreira will investigate a novel approach to diagnosing bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).
May 20, 2021
Four months of multi-drug therapy that included rifapentine and moxifloxacin treated active tuberculosis (TB) as effectively as the standard six-month regimen in a multinational study, cutting treatment time by a third. Coauthors including Marc Weiner, MD, of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, reported the findings May 6 in the New England […]
March 26, 2021
The surgery, called tracheotomy, is performed either in the operating room or at the bedside, depending on patient risk factors. The team analyzed 17 studies that included more than 3,000 patients.
